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Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Liebster Award - Or More Information About Me Than You Cared to Know

I'm completely flattered that some very lovely and talented ladies selected me to be part of the Liebster Award -- Diya from The Hobby Harbor, Ashley (Frances) and Emily (Suzanne) from Frances Suzanne, and RaeAnna from Sewing Mama RaeAnna. Truth be told, I've been admiring their work from afar for quite a while.

Here's the picture and explanation I shamelessly stole from Ashley (frances) and Emily (suzanne).

"The Liebster
Blog Award is an award given by bloggers to up and coming bloggers, most of
whom have less than 200 followers (or have been blogging for less than 6
months). It is to show newer bloggers that they are appreciated, and to help
spread the word about new blogs. It was created to promote appreciation and
recognition among the blog world. Liebster translates to “dearest” (or
favorite/best) in German. It is also known as the Love Blog Award."

The Rules:1. You must post 11 random things about yourself.2. Answer the questions that the nominator set for you.3. Create 11 questions for the people you nominate.4. Choose 11 new blogs you love and link them in your post.5. Please leave me a comment on this post with the URL to your Liebster
post so I can learn more about you!

11 Random Things

I'm not a rule follower. Well, in the law-abiding sense I am, but in the tell-me-what-I'm-supposed-to-do-and-I'll-do-it sense I'm not. "Question Everything" may as well be tattooed across my forehead.

Often I think I've responded to an email, phone call, text, etc., but it all happened in my head. My friends and family have gotten used to feeling ignored.

I once won a crown in a pageant. (I'll pause to let some of my long-time followers stop laughing.) It's not something I share openly. In fact, I'm pretty sure my BFF in Asheville may not know. Hopefully the shock/amusement didn't just send her into early labor.

One of our cats is morbidly obese and the other is missing all the hair from the back half of his body because of stress-induced overgrooming.

I'm a talkative introvert. I dread social gatherings of any kind. It's extremely hard for me to make good friends. (I've got more good friends than I deserve only because I've offered to let them wear my crown.)

I'm married to an extrovert who loves social gatherings of any kind.

Two of our children adore animals. They approach, touch, pet, talk to, and covet every one we see. One of our children is completely uninterested.

(Wait -- these are supposed to be random facts about me, aren't they?)

It's impossible for me to go five minutes without mentioning my husband or children. Or the cats. They're pretty cool. Not the cats -- they've lost favor since the mouse took up residence in our wall and they refuse to do anything about it.

I've worn glasses since age 7. Contacts at 13 changed my life.

6 hours of sleep each night is my ideal. More and I'm reluctant to get out of bed. Less and I'm crabby and dragging.

My great-grandmothers both sewed. Grandma Neva made quilts by hand, and she taught me how to hand-stitch when I was little. MawMaw Gore sewed clothes, and I regret never sitting down for a lesson from her.

Here at Handmade Martini -- since summer 2012. Since 2007 I've kept a family blog with mostly pictures and essays, but I quit publishing it last summer. The kids will thank me someday. (For starting it AND for stopping it.)

This is great! LOVE the term 'talkative introvert'.... I may need to use that soon!! And we, too, love some 'virtual socializing'!! Thanks for playing along - it is so nice to learn a bit more about our blogging buddies!!